In the Cards
by Alan Cogan
Newlyweds Gerry and Marge are brought to the verge of divorce by a troublesome machine
that shows the future without fail. That machine—the Grundy Projector—causes numerous
problems in society, although (as we all know), viewing the future is not time travel. In
this story, however, the solution to the Grundy problems does include a dose of real
traveling.
It’s no different than reading a story and then having to relive the whole thing,
anticipating each action and bit of dialogue.
“In the Cards” by Alan Cogan, in Galaxy, June
1956.